Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Theory that the planets and stars revolve around the earth.

• The heliocentric theory
• The geocentric theory
• The social contract
• The scientific method

Theory that the planets and stars revolve around the sun.

• The heliocentric theory
• The geocentric theory
• The social contract
• The scientific method

This man developed the idea that gravity acts on objects.

• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Ptolemy
• Newton

Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who improved to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for a heliocentric universe.

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

• Miguel Cervantes

• Bach

Why did the Catholic Church work to silence many philosophers from the Scientific Revolution?

• The ideas of the Scientific Revolution were unprovable and dangerous.

• The ideas of the Scientific Revolution strengthened the power of absolute monarchs.

• The ideas of the Scientific Revolution proved that Islam was the true religion.

• The ideas of the Scientific Revolution challenged the power of religion.

Polish astronomer and the first person to prove that the universe is heliocentric with the sun not the Earth at the center of our universe.

• William Harvey

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Isaac Newton

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

• the Catholic Church and ancient scholars
• Muslim scribes
• navigators and explorers
• Confuscious and Ghandi

During the Scientific Revolution, European scientists focused their work on explaining

• how government affects the individual.
• Life
• advanced chemistry
• the workings of the natural world

Before the scientific revolution the people believed kings got there power to rule

• from Congress / Parliament
• from the people (democratic elections)
• from the worldwide web
• from God (divine right)

Which idea was promoted by both the thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

• Decisions and actions of governments should be based on past traditions.
• People should use reason and logic to understand the world.
• A strong military is necessary to keep society peaceful.
• Only God can grant an individual the authority to rule over others.